Drake Bell

“I started playing music when I was around 10. I always wanted to be in a band, so I started out by playing drums.”

“Music and acting kind of all goes together.”

“'Drake and Josh' was strictly nine to five. We'd go in and know what we were doing, and 'Superhero Movie' was just nuttiness every day because there's a joke every ten seconds.”

“The fans are especially amazing in Mexico. You look out your window, and there are fans that stay out there all night long.”

“My first guitar was a Gretsch 6120, and I just loved listening to artists like Elvis, Chuck Berry and Stray Cats.”

“I love 'Drake and Josh.' It's supposed to have a demographic of ages 9-14, but really, it's 9-84. There is no demographic.”

“My dad sat me in front of the TV, and instead of putting on Nick Jr. or something, he put me in front of 'Jailhouse Rock' and all the Elvis movies.”

“I'm nervous the first few songs, and then I'm like, 'I got this audience. I'm ready!'”

“I love 'Airplane,' the 'Naked Gun' films; everything the Zucker brothers have done is just awesome.”

“If you look back to a picture of me when I was 12 years old, you will probably see me in a leather jacket trying to look like Elvis!”

“I love Christmas. I'm totally the 'decorate early, start listening to Christmas songs super-early' guy.”

“That's why you have the long hours in the studio and on sets: so you can come out and see the fans. To see the smiles you put on people's faces.”

“I really, really love what I do, and there's nothing I love more than getting on stage and playing for an audience or working on a part, getting in front of the camera, and meeting all the cool people I get to meet, and going all the cool places I get to go.”

“A lot of who I am is in the work I do.”

“I just love singing, songwriting and touring.”

“I like to get up early in the morning and run.”

“I'm all about unity and loving your neighbor... If somebody told me when I was growing up that the music I was listening to was stupid, and I listened to them, I wouldn't be where I am today.”

“I really like Caravan Palace's electro swing stuff. They incorporate the electronic, but when you see them live, they're all on stage playing live music. They're all playing their instruments. They drop these beats with the DJs that are so incredible.”

“Artists like Justin Bieber or Lady Gaga have more sway over popular minds than a politician.”

“I would say that I'm more than just a teeny-bopper artist... that my music can appeal to people of all ages.”